There is going to be a band night at Minerva Deland on Friday, October 20th from 7-10pm….complete with chaperones and 98PXY’s morning DJ, Scott Spezzano. The bands are local teen bands (similar to the bands that played for the “Save the Big Red Church” benefit at the amphitheatre. The NightLights, Mediacracy and Detours are scheduled to perform. Pizza, pop and prizes (from WPXY) are all part of the fun….all for just $5.00! In a previous blog, I mentioned that the Lion’s Den (partnering with Perinton Park & Rec Dept.) is trying to breathe new life into a newly remodeled Lion’s Den and have events for teens.

If your teen attends Minerva Deland, remind them to bring $5 on Mon, 10/16. They will be selling tickets at FHS next Tues, 10/17. There will be no ticket sales at the door, reason is, they have to know how many chaperones to have ahead of time. This event is for grades 9-12 only.

If you have any questions, you can email lionsdenteencenter@yahoo.com or JEble48@aol.com. If your kids forget their money, they can get a registration form at Perinton Park & Rec Center, the main office at Minerva, FHS or at the Teen Center. You can download the registration forms by going to www.perinton.org and click on “Parks/Rec” and then click on “schedule”.

This is the first of it’s kind and Scott Spezzano is excited to get to Fairport and have fun with the teens. As a parent, I know that it’s a safe place for my kids to get together and socialize with their friends.

Do you like this idea of teens having gatherings through the Park & Rec Dept.?Would you allow your kids to attend if they wanted to go?

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Gary Gocek grew up in Liverpool (central NY) and attended RIT (BS in CS). He has lived in or around Fairport for over 20 years. Gary now lives west of the village of Fairport with his wife, two cats and two guitars. He has two young-adult sons who graduated from FHS.

Gary works as a software developer and enjoys his family, music, ethnic heritage activities, church activities and DVDs-by-mail. He maintains family and other websites. After 9/11, he became a news junkie, gathering news from the D&C, TV, radio and the Internet. Gary says blogging is a natural extension, and for the D&C he hopes to "mix typical diary-like blog entries with humorous posts and comments on local politics."